Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa;
[syn: addax, Addax nasomaculatus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Addax \Ad"dax\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
One of the largest African antelopes
(Hippotragusnasomaculatus or Oryx nasomaculatus).
[1913 Webster]
Note: It is now believed to be the Strepsiceros (twisted
horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be the
pygarg of the Bible.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
addax
n 1: large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert
regions of northern Africa [syn: addax, Addax
nasomaculatus]